''Flutter'' is a 2006 Canadian
anime-style
animated short
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by
Howie Shia, co-produced by PPF House and the
National Film Board of Canada.
Awards
''Flutter'' received the
Open Entries Grand Prize at the Tokyo Anime Awards — the first work from outside Asia to win this award.
''Flutter'' also received the award for best Quebec short feature at the
Fantasia Festival and a Jury Award from the
Golden Sheaf Awards
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Plot
A quiet film without color, a boy and a girl must abandon their friendship to pursue their dreams. In this short animation, a young boy takes a flying leap away from normal, waves goodbye to his classmates, and disappears into the cityscape and beyond. At the same time, a young girl is inspired to reinvent her space with art.
Production
Shia, who grew up in
Saskatchewan, was in
Montreal when he was approached by NFB producer
Michael Fukushima
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and asked if he had any ideas he wanted to present. He offered a few ideas before remembering some earlier art work he had done of a "kid with wings on his feet" while working with the NFB on his first project, a 30-second short ''Ice Ages''.
This artwork became the inspiration for ''Flutter''.
''Flutter'' is animated in black and white. It took Shia and his team 10 months to complete and was animated using
Photoshop, which the filmmaker used because of his unfamiliarity with
animation software at the time, and because he wanted the film to "look as hand-drawn and gritty as possible."
Several people who had grown up with Shia in
Saskatoon worked on ''Flutter'', including his brothers Leo and Tim, who played music for the film, and friends Kelly Sommerfield (
background art) and Ryan Patterson (
sound engineering).
References
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External links
Watch ''Flutter'' at NFB.caFilmmaker's website for ''Flutter''
includes development artwork and deleted scenes
2006 films
2000s animated short films
Anime-influenced Western animation
Canadian black-and-white films
Computer-animated short films
Animated films without speech
National Film Board of Canada animated short films
Quebec films
Films directed by Howie Shia
2000s Canadian films